Answer
5.31 cm= 5.31$\times10^{-2}$ m
5.31 cm= 5.31$\times10^{-2}\times10^{3}$ millimeters=5.31$\times10^{1}$ millimeters.
5.31 cm= 5.31$\times10^{-2}\times10^{-3}$ kilometers= 5.31$\times10^{-5}$ km.
5.31 cm=5.31$\times10^{-2}\times10^{6}$ micrometers= $5.31\times10^{4}$ micrometers
Work Step by Step
To solve the above problem we want to know the values of prefixes.
kilo=1000, micro=$10^{-6}$ , milli=$10^{-3}$ and centi=$10^{-2}$. We substitute these values carefully. For more complex problems we can use unit factor method.
